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The indoor environment handbook how to make buildings healthy and comfortable /

Ensuring that buildings are healthy and comfortable for their occupants is a primary concern of all architects and building engineers. This highly practical handbook will help make that process more efficient and effective. It begins with a guide to how the human body and senses react to different i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bluyssen, Philomena M.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2009.
Subjects:
Buildings > Handbooks, manuals, etc. > Environmental engineering
Sick building syndrome > Handbooks, manuals, etc. > Prevention
Environment Design.
Environment, Controlled.
Architecture as Topic.
Sick Building Syndrome > prevention & control.
ARCHITECTURE > General. > Interior Design
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • PART I. HUMANS AND THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT: Health, comfort and indoor environmental control
  • Human reception and perception
  • The indoor environment
  • PART II. HEALTH AND COMFORT IN THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT: Past, present and future of health and comfort in the indoor environment
  • Defining health and comfort in the indoor environment
  • Drivers of health and comfort in the indoor environment
  • PART III. MANAGEMENT OF THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT: An interactive and sustainable approach
  • The top down approach
  • The individual interactions
  • Summary and conclusions.

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